The Boulder woman who pleaded guilty to clipping a food truck with her SUV, driving into a University of Colorado student eating lunch and then striking the church where she had planned to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting was sentenced today to 60 days in jail and five years of probation, according to court officials.

Brenda Geers, 73, pleaded guilty in May to one count of vehicular assault -- a Class 4 felony -- and counts of DUI and DUI per se -- both misdemeanors -- after initially pleading not guilty in February.

Geers was ordered to perform 96 hours of community service by Boulder District Judge Roxanne Bailin.

According to police, Geers was driving her 1998 Toyota 4Runner west on Colorado Avenue around noon on Oct. 3 when she turned into the parking lot of St. Aidan's Episcopal Church, 2425 Colorado Ave.

Police said Geers clipped the Cheese Louise food truck parked in the lot before barreling into a table where the victim --18-year-old CU freshman Eric Anderson -- was eating lunch. The SUV then ran into the church's covered entryway.

Anderson was transported to Boulder Community Hospital with a punctured lung and numerous broken ribs. Geers was not injured.

According to police, she told officers she was on her way to St. Aiden's to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.

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